embryo vs gastrula
gastrula vs embryoembryo and gastrula both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| embryo | Yes | No | No | No |
| gastrula | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
gastrula is a hyponym of
embryo; that is, gastrula is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
embryo:
- embryo: an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
- gastrula: double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm
| embryo (noun) | gastrula (noun) |
|---|---|
| an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm |
| (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium |
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